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Magnus Ridge Winery Careers

Magnus Ridge Winery is a finger lakes destination winery with over 35,000 visitors per year. Located along the slopes of Seneca Lake, Magnus Ridge Winery takes its inspiration from old world France. We grow our grapes on 73 acres of land, carefully balancing vineyards, woodlands, and ponds. Magnus Ridge Winery is an ideal place to start your career. By joining our team, you will receive extensive training in wine education and gain valuable hands-on sales experience. Our mission is to educate and delight our visitors by providing an exceptional wine pairing experience.

Magnus Ridge Tasting Room Associates

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Expectations of A Magnus Ridge Tasting Room Associates: Tasting Room Associates should demonstrate a passion for providing an exceptionally high level of customer service and helping ensure that the best wine tasting experience is achieved through maintaining a clean, stocked, and organized atmosphere. Tasting Room Associates typically assist with restocking wine and merchandise, clean, shine and replenish wine tasting glasses, perform cash register transactions using the Point of Sale system (must be 18 years of age or older for wine sales), sell chocolates from Café Chocolate Case, and assist in the set up and breakdown of the tasting rooms throughout the day. The Tasting Room Associates are available as needed on the sales floor to assist customers in finding the wine and merchandise they are interested in. Everyone that works at Magnus Ridge winery is expected to be able to describe all Magnus Ridge wines, answer customer questions regarding our winemaking philosophy, history of our winery, and product offerings. In addition, adaptation to different paces throughout the day is necessary while maintaining a professional demeanor. All Associates are expected to be at work 10 minutes prior to starting their shift to ensure adequate staffing levels. Cell phone use is only permitted during breaks.

Job Overview: Tasting Room Associates at the Magnus Ridge Winery Visitor Center must be enthusiastic individuals with extraordinary people skills. The ideal candidates will have some sales experience, experience working with the public, excellent speaking/presentation skills, an outgoing personality, work well in a group environment, and thrive on staying busy and working in a fast-paced environment. Attention to detail and awareness of the surroundings is critical.

Ideal Qualifications:

Honesty, high integrity, and ethical behavior

Outgoing & fun personality

Comfortable creating conversation with customers

Exceptional people skills and customer service skills

Comfortable around large energetic crowds

Public speaking/oral presentation skills

Good math skills and able to accurately make change without a calculator

Must be able to lift 40 lbs on a regular basis

Must be able to stand for long periods of time

Experience in the wine, retail or hospitality environment

Must be 18 years of age or older to be able to sell wine

Must enjoy interacting with customers and co-workers

Team player, willing to help co-workers

Willing to work most weekends and holidays and occasional evenings for events

Theatrical and acting experience a plus!

Willingness to pitch in to help with all tasks to ensure the smooth operation of the Visitor Center.

Job Functions:

Must uphold NYS ABC laws at all time, including checking ID’s and refusing to serve or sell to intoxicated visitors

Always greet visitors quickly in a cheerful and enthusiastic manner to make them instantly feel welcome and comfortable